Teachers often ask me for music composition lesson ideas for the performance class: chorus, orchestra, band. So, looking over some choral lessons this weekend, I am reminded of the many fun composition, listening, singing, and performing lessons I taught using solfege. Some ideas: ​​

See my publication "Music Composition for Teens - second course" pg. 22 for a composition assignment for a 2-part solfege (photocopiable template page):

Video clip from "The Sound of Music" where Maria teaches Do-Re-Mi. Have your students notice the two-part solfege singing when she adds the counter melody.